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J.M.S. v. STATE

No. 5D04-3738.

921 So.2d 813 (2006)

J.M.S., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey R. Casey, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

THOMPSON, J.

J.M.S. appeals the disposition of a juvenile case. J.M.S. argues that the trial judge erred in not allowing the child's defense attorney to present closing argument before it made a finding of guilt and denying the child's motion to dismiss both charges. Concluding that the trial court erred when it prevented the defense counsel from participating in closing argument, we reverse and remand for a new adjudicatory hearing.

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